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Rocket To Mars
04:35
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ROCKET TO MARS (107 RPMs F#) 4:43 min
(main voice lead) Well I cried you out of my eyes
I tore you out of my limbs
Took all our memories
Stored them inside this old hard drive
But I can’t get you out of my head
Can’t get you out of my head
Can’t get you out of my head
Can’t seem to drive you out of my mind
(other voice lead) Well I ripped you out of my heart
I broke you out of my bones
I drained you out of my blood
But I still can’t kill the smell of your old cologne
Can’t get it out of my clothes
Can’t get it out of my hair
Can’t get it out of the air
We’ll I’m tough but I’m not made of stone
Beyond this firewall (both harmonies)
You call me a liar
I took you for granted
now we’re tripping on wires
And calling it love
(both singing - same line)
We both don’t have the nerve to try
Work it out or call this thing off (harmony)
Can’t go our separate ways (Jon only)
Or burn in a blaze on a rocket to mars
Countdown Blast off 5-4-3-2-1(both harmonies)
Now pray for us (both harmonies)
We’re both stuck in orbit
Round and round we go
Like satellites, pray for us
sending signals in orbit,
Hoping aliens can
save us, pray for us
We’re suffocating in orbit
With lack of oxygen
for both of us, now pray for us
Were both victims of distance
And expectations
Alienation
Not love
Not love
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2. |
Rhode Island
03:52
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Rhode Island (110 rpm - Eb)
VERSE 1
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
I grew up in Newport city
Rhode Island
Not an Island
Like Coney Island
I took the ferry from Jersey
BRIDGE 1
And there’s the house where I was born
Oh it was torn down in 1993
The year they built the Walmart
The one that everybody thought
Would somehow bring back the community
VERSE 2
Long Island
Long Island
Long Island
I fell in love here with Zooey
BRIDGE 2
And there’s the bar where she poured drinks
She used the money to finish her degree
They day she graduated
we met and celebrated
with a bottle on the Staten Island Ferry
And in the distance in the rain
I still see the statue
as she holds on to her flame
Waiting for the sun to set,
so she can light god’s cigarette
And tell the story of how you came to me
CHORUS
Her lips taste like Prosecco
Roam the beaches of love
Her favourite colour was yellow
I love what we’ve become
Oh yeah
VERSE 3
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Now we're back in Newport city
We moved back to Newport city
city
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3. |
Lorem Ipsum
05:36
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6.Lorem Ipsum (84 RPM - F#) 5:57 min
PRISE 1
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
Seddo - Tempor - Inci - Didunt
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
But I Must Explain You Are Mistaken
Denouncing Pleasure And Praising Pain x2
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
Ute - Enim - Adminima - Venaim
Qui Es - Nostrum - Exerci - Tationem
Ete - Dolore - Magnam - Aliquam
Minim - Veniam - Ullamco - Laboris
Hicte - Netur - Sapiente - Delectus
Nisi - Uta - Liquip - Ex Ea
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
Seddo - Tempor - Inci - Didunt
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
BRIDGE 1
Oooh Never Mind
Oooh just never mind never mind
It’s just our human nature
It’s just our human nature
It’s just our human nature
Just a human
VOX BREAKDOWN
We denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment
CODA
Ohh we’re blinded by desire….
Ohh we’re blinded by desire…
Ohh so blinded by desire….
Oh so blind
REPRISE 2
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
Seddo - Tempor - Inci - Didunt
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
Ute - Enim - Adminima - Venaim
Qui Es - Nostrum - Exerci - Tationem
Quies - Nostrud - Exer - Citationem
Minim - Veniam - Ullamco - Laboris
Hicte - Netur - Sapiente - Delectus
Nisi - Uta - Liquip - Ex Ea
But I Must Explain You Are Mistaken
Denouncing Pleasure And Praising Pain x2
Lorem - Ipsum - Dolor - Sit Amet
Consec - Tetur - Adipiscing - Elit
Seddo - Tempor - Inci - Didunt
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
Ute - Labore - Ete - Dolore
Nisi - Uta - Liquip - Ex Ea
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4. |
Réveille-moi
05:22
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Instrumental track
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5. |
My Time Machine
05:08
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My Time Machine (118 RPM - G)
VERSE 1
If I could travel in time
when I was seventeen
I’d say boy never settle
grab a rifle go hunting you dream
Don’t get too caught up
in being something you’re not
Better work on your chops,
Give everything all that you’ve got
and don’t worry about the break ups
Don’t worry about the break ups
Don’t worry about the break ups
Now you’re washed out superhero
whose only cover’s been blown..again
You bought into this stupid idea
that you could do it alone...don’t pretend
You were acting like a clown
playing dirty tricks just trying to fit in
Now your cape is too tight,
you got a belly and a double chin
So stop wearing all that makeup
Stop wearing all that makeup
Stop wearing all that makeup
CHORUS
Get back in my time machine
Lock the door and hit the smoke screen
Needle’s dropping like a broken van
It’s never too late to start again
Get back in my time machine
Lock the door and hit the smoke screen
Needle’s dropping like a broken van
(No use crying like a bitter old man)
(No use crying about your failed plans)
It’s never too late to start again
And now I just want to disappear
I just wanna dissapear
Now I just want to disappear
Now I just want to disappear
Get back in my time machine
Lock the door and hit the smoke screen
Needle’s dropping like a broken van
(No use crying like a bitter old man)
(No use crying about your failed plans)
It’s never too late to start again
VERSE 2
If I could visit myself
when I was seventeen
I’d say push a little harder
You’re just one more failure short of a dream
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6. |
Young Lion
05:04
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Young Lion (126 rpm - D)
VERSE 1
Young Lion leave the pride
Take a top down go for a ride
A triumph, young lion X2
Young lion leave the fold
Your future is paved with gold
It’s there, go grab it X2
Water’s getting scarce
And yet you nevertheless
Keep roaming young lion X2
VERSE 2
In a jungle don’t be late
Your prey won’t sit and wait
Gotta pounce, keep tryin X1
In a jungle don’t be late
No one likes an empty plate
Gotta bounce, no lagging X2
Young lion born to hunt
Catch a zebra smoke a blunt
Relax, young lion X1
Young lion born to hunt
Catch a zebra smoke a blunt
Relax, you earned it, you burn it X1
CHORUS 1
It’s time you heard
The naked sound
Growl at the world
So deep and profound
Ferocious and brave
The whole world’s a stage
(the whole world is a stage)
CHORUS 2
It’s time you face
Your inner beast
Violence and grace
Bitter and sweet
Desert or sea
The whole world’s a stage
Time to break free
Of your lion’s cage
BRIDGE
If I were king of the forest
If you were queen of my pride
If I were born in a jungle
If you were my spirit guide
If I could do it all over again...
VERSE 3
Young Lion leave the pride
Find a girlfriend make a bride
Your best man, young lion X2
Young lion, true and tried
Get a job and learn to provide
you’re earning Young lion X2
Young lion, pure breed
Kill for sport or kill for need
Heart beating, young lion X2
Heart beating, young lion
Heart beating, young lion
Heart beating, young lion
Your heart is beating
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7. |
Break Me
04:51
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Break Me (70 rpm - A)
VERSE 1
Dear mom and Dad I wrote this letter to you
I’m sure you’ll have questions when you read it through
I need you to know, it wasn’t your fault
I know you did your best, you gave it your all
I think it’s time we had a heart to heart
I wanna shed my skin, I want a fresh start
Don’t blame yourself for all my ups and downs
This ain’t a cry for help or a Columbine
VERSE 2
The truth is I’ve been feeling so very low
Stopped taking my pills cause I needed to know
Who I really was and where It all went wrong
But all I heard were voices that just don’t get along
A beautiful girl, lives inside of me
Afraid she be rejected by society
Takes a mountain of courage to begin within
Out of the shadows let the healing begin
CHORUS 1
To Break Free
So I could be what I wanna be
Or it’ll Break Me
And in my heart I’ll be lost in a sea
Or six feet under a tree
INTERLUDE
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CHORUS 2
Break Free
So I could be what I wanna be
Or it’ll Break Me
And in my heart I’ll be lost in a sea
Or six feet under a tree
VERSE 3
When the lights go out and mom goes to sleep
I put on all her makeup wear her dresses and weep
Feel so awkward, never good in my skin
It’s hard to make friends when you just never fit in
So I packed all my things and I’m going my way
Not sure where I’ll go or what the neighbours will say
Can’t go on pretending you know life’s too short
I hope I can still count on all our love and support
BRIDGE
We are betraying ourselves
If we don’t follow our path
We’re not boxed in or helpless
Sometimes it makes me laugh
But I read somewhere
You gotta seize the whole day
So I’ll just rock up to the closet
Break down the doors and say
OUTRO
Help Me
So I could be where I wanna be
So I could be what I wanna be
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8. |
You Can Do It
04:59
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You Can Do It (89 rpm - F#)
VERSE 1
Deep
Inside
Don’t You Know
You Can Do It
Deep
Inside
Now You Know
You Can Do It
But you gotta really work it
Ya you’re gonna have to sweat it
Gotta work it in your system
and it’s gotta be a passion
You can fake till you make it
And when you’re ready to commit
Don’t surrender to the pressure
Turn your pity into power
VERSE 2
Sleep
And wake
And work
Till you make it
Fall
Get up
Start Again
Till you get it
You know that winners never quit
You know that quitters never win
You think you haven’t got a prayer
Just know we’re all behind you
You can take it to the limit
To the hour to the minute
But don’t you ever stop
Never give up...
Don’t you ever stop believing
CHORUS 1
Oh! Breath for one moment
You’re almost there
Oh! Breath for just one moment
You’ll make it I swear
VERSE 3
Deep
Inside
Now you Know
You're gonna make It
In your eyes I see the hunger
When your blood is really boiling
And your heartbeat like a thunder
Never gonna fight the feeling
You can take it to the limit
To the hour to the minute
Don’t let em bring you down
Stand your own ground
Fight the feeling
CHORUS 2
Oh! Breath for one moment
You’re almost there
Oh! Breath just for one moment
You’ll make it I swear
RAP
It’s the fight of your life
Never give up,
just think, You did your best
no matter where you end up
It’s hard..I know you’ll make it
Ya you got the fire in ya
And when you’re hungry, well it’s just another mountain to climb
CHORUS 3
Oh! Breath for one moment
You almost there
Oh! Breath just for one moment
Don’t ever despair
Oh! Breath just for one moment
You’ll make it I swear
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Jon Cohen Ex Montréal, Québec
Fantasy prom king, master crafter of cult-pop gems and multi-threat instrumentalist Jon Cohen Experimental creates sweet but potent stories that spring from curiosity. This dynamic one-man band's beguiling art rock inventions and melodic hooks promise a sultry escape from those pesky workaday hang-ups. At times folksy, indie and at times grungy, the E.L.O vs. 90’s vibe is raw and unapologetic. ... more
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